1637.] on the Columns of Delhi, Allahabad, Betiah, %c. 583 



non-omission of many acts : mercy and charity, purity and chastity ; — 

 (these are) to me the anointment of consecration. Towards the poor 

 and the afflicted, towards bipeds and quadrupeds, towards the fowls of 

 the air and things that move in the waters, manifold have been the 

 benevolent acts performed by me. Out of consideration for things 

 inanimate even many other excellent things have been done by me. 

 To this purpose is the present edict promulgated ; let all pay attention 

 to it : (or take cognizance thereof,) and let it endure for ages to 

 come : and he who acts in conformity thereto, the same shall attain 

 eternal happiness, (or shall be united with Sugato.) 



12 dayddane, sacha sochaye ; chakhoddne pime 10; bahu vidka dine, Dupada 



13 chatupadesu, pakhi-vdlichalesu, vividhame anugahe hate 11 ; apdna 



14 ddkhindye aiindnipicha me bahiini kaydndni katdni 12 : etdye me 



15 athdya iyam dhammalipi likhapitd. Heva anupaiipajantu chiran 



16 thitikdcha- hotutiti 13, Ye cha hevam sampatapajisati se sukatam kachhatiti 14. 



8. Apasinavai (in other lats with a double «), is the Sanskrit ^Tt^'T'3', 

 4 not certainly omitting,' — alluding either to the words t%^f , or the non-omission 

 of deeds just mentioned, or to what follows. 



9. By kiydne, both my Pali and my brahmanical advisers insist upon under- 

 standing kalydne 3f^$PT, happiness; bahu kalydne in the seventh case (nimitat 

 saptamij ' for much happiness.' — But I prefer the more simple njr^jrf\|i acts— in 

 the neuter like the preceding kiyam : the Sanskrit kriyb is however feminine. 



10. ^I^T^ ^ITOI^ ^W^riTfa ff j SJ^ may also be read, of the same 

 signification — purity from passion or vice. Chakhurddn is explained in Wilson's 

 Dictionary as ' the ceremony of anointing the eyes of the image at the time of 

 consecration'— but it is also allegorically used for any instruction, or opening 

 of the eyes derived from a spiritual teacher. 



11. A very easy sentence; "^fa^^ f^^rpS(?J <?f^Tft^qr 

 fef^^ ^Ej «nni ?f^ — the construction is as that of the Latin ablative absolute, 

 \ many kindnesses being done of me, towards the poor,' &c. 



12. This is also equally clear :— ^TUT ^TfTOr*? ^^Tfa ^fa^JT W1?f> 

 cffWPUTf'f inTlf^T — apr&na may here allude to vegetable life, or to that which 

 doth not draw breath ; benevolence to inanimate things.— For ^^rfif also 

 ^STsnfsr grain, food, may be intended. A better sense for apdna may be obtained 

 by reading ^5HWTOT ^Tf^^UT pleasing and conciliatory demeanour. 



13. TrIW ft ^W*l ' on this account, or with this intention,' *CT ^«f^f?T 

 "trej^fn" — the Sanskrit verb is in the dtmane-pada or regular form, the PaJi in 

 the parasmai-pada or ordinary form — ' let all pay attention to :' f^^f^ffH^TT^' 

 VT^U Tf^T — ' let it (the ordinance) be enduring for ages.' 



14. If ye aad se are here preferred, the verbs must be plural, otherwise ya 

 and sa are required. ^ VI ^SfftfTTIT^fa "^ ^JIcT JT^^fa. In this, the 

 only method of reading the text, there is a corrupt substitution of k for g twice : 

 but other instances of the same substitution occur elsewhere. 



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